ETHICS

Not an afterthought.

Most AI platforms treat ethics as a compliance layer bolted on once the product is built. Transceve was built the other way around. Three principles shaped every architectural decision from day one.

Transceve's approach to ethical AI is built on three principles. Each one is a concrete commitment, not a policy document.

PRINCIPLE ONE

We take AI bias seriously. And so should you.

Transceve runs every inference through a custom ethical governing constitution. Before any analysis begins, the system checks the content against fifteen safeguarding and dignity categories.

The result is an explicit ethical assessment alongside every analysis: not a hidden filter, not a blocklist, but a visible, reviewable check that you can audit.

  • Custom trained from Transceve's governing social contract
  • 15 constitutional categories checked on every inference
  • Transparent ethical flags on results when concerns are detected
  • No silent refusals, always a reviewable outcome
A row of coffee cups at varying strengths and milk levels, every shade represented and treated alike.
Ethical pre-check · sample output
safeguarding clean
harm_indicators clean
dignity clean
coercion_markers clean
integrity clean
Every analysis runs through fifteen constitutional categories. Five shown.
Where your data lives
Application Helsinki, FI
Analysis Falkenstein, DE
Jurisdiction EU / UK GDPR
US Cloud Act not subject
Model training opted out
PRINCIPLE TWO

Your data, your jurisdiction, your control.

Every byte of Transceve data stays in the European Union. All processing runs on Hetzner infrastructure in Germany and Finland. It is never routed through US providers, never subject to the US Cloud Act, never used to train models.

Your organisation can verify exactly where your data lives, who can access it, and what happens when you close your account.

  • EU-only infrastructure in Germany and Finland
  • No US Cloud Act or Patriot Act exposure
  • Contractual commitment to no model training on customer data
  • Full right of erasure on closure, with written confirmation
PRINCIPLE THREE

AI without the environmental anxiety.

AI is an energy intensive technology. We believe in being honest about that. Every Transceve analysis records its carbon emissions, energy consumption, and water use. These numbers are visible to every customer, on every analysis, on every dashboard.

Our infrastructure runs on 100% renewable electricity, because we can't credibly call ourselves ethical while ignoring the planetary cost of what we do.

  • 100% renewable electricity across all processing
  • Carbon (gCO₂e), energy (kWh), and water (mL) recorded per analysis
  • Plain-language equivalents like kettle boils, cups of tea allow you to understand usage
  • Monthly and cumulative reporting on every organisation's usage
Wind turbines against an open sky, the renewable infrastructure powering Transceve's analysis.
0.33g
CO₂e per analysis
2.4Wh
Energy per analysis
4.1mL
Water per analysis
Equivalent to 1/30th of a kettle boil.
"The third sector serves the people AI biases have historically overlooked. That comes with a duty of care that can't be outsourced to a compliance policy."
Damien Ribbans · Co-founder, Transceve

Read our full governing social contract.

Published openly. The constitution that guides every engineering decision and every commercial choice.

Read the constitution →